Tuesday, 25 November 2014

“Ethics must begin at the top of an
organization. It is a leadership issue and the chief executive must set the
example.” - Edward Hennessy

There are a number of educational
institutions that are mushrooming in India. Some of the entrepreneurs are not
passionate to build institutions but to make quick money by establishing educational
institutions which is a step in the negative direction. To make things worse,
there are liquor contractors and real estate agents who founded educational
institutions with a view to make quick money. Keeping this in view, AICTE and other bodies
are investigating the erring educational institutions that do not comply with
their guidelines. They have instructed some of the erring educational
institutions to close down to enhance quality of education to the students and
ensure sanctity of educational institutions. In fact, an ideal educational institution
should have many hallmarks. Here are some of the hallmarks:

An ideal educational institution must
be faculty friendly and employees’ friendly. It must have very good
organizational culture to attract and retain the best talent. It must give
intellectual freedom to faculty to share their knowledge with students. Every
faculty is different with their own styles and types of teaching pedagogy.
Hence, they must be given freedom to teach as per the expectations of the
students. It must take feedback from students to evaluate the performance of
faculty. It should not encourage other faculty members to give feedback to
their colleagues as it leads to organizational politics. Since people are
different with emotions, egos and feelings, there may be room for colleagues to
give negative feedback to settle their professional scores. Hence, taking
feedback from students is always desirable and advisable. The feedback report
must be sent to the faculty to find out the gap areas to improve their
performance.

An ideal educational institution must
not stop the salary of its employees as it projects the institution in a poor
light. If any attempts are made to stop salary in the name of indiscipline or
non-performance, it presents the institution in a poor light thus bringing down
the image of the institution and demoralizing other employees.

If case of any controversies or
complaints, it is always advisable to take 360 degree feedback where all
stakeholders will give their feedback. The board of directors of the
institution must follow it carefully and take action accordingly. Even if the
faculty or the students go on strike, it should not take revenge and remain
impartial in redressing their grievances. Above all, an ideal educational
institution must adopt ethical values to maintain its brand and to ensure
longevity.

Remember, only when the educational
institutions are ethical, they will be able to create healthy culture; provide character
education to students and impart ethical values to others.

"Ethics is the maintaining of
life at the highest point of development." - Albert Schweitzer

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